Title :
Cyclic and rectangular passband optical SSB filter using AWG pair
Author :
Kasahara, R. ; Inoue, Y. ; Ishii, M. ; Takahashi, Hiroki ; Hibino, Y. ; Hirano, A. ; Miyamoto, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Lab., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel optical band-pass filter consisting of an arrayed-waveguide grating pair. The filter has a flat passband of 40 GHz, a sharp rolloff and a periodicity of 200 GHz, which makes it useful for WDM single sideband filtering.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; band-pass filters; optical waveguide filters; wavelength division multiplexing; 200 GHz; 40 GHz; AWG pair; WDM single sideband filtering; arrayed-waveguide grating pair; cyclic passband optical SSB filter; flat passband; optical band-pass filter; rectangular passband optical SSB filter; Amplitude modulation; Apertures; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Filtering; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Passband; Signal processing; Slabs; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248518
